Looking for insight from Z owners who also own a GT-R

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Most of the crap I got was from the Corvette/Viper forums, actually. There are some seriously snotty 'vette/viper owners who think anyone under 30 just COULDN'T POSSIBLY buy a 'vette/viper on their own. They are forgetting its a dodge and a chevy, albeit nicer than the normal images conjured by those names.

The 370Z TT setup was just something I considered after seeing on on the highway. It looked clean and I liked the interior of the car. After looking into what I would have to do to make it work like I wanted, it seemed like a $55K answer to a question that would better be answered by spending a little more and getting all the resale/warranties that a car in that price-range should have.

Still, I considered it, because I would HATE to spend this kind of $$ and have not considered all options.

Cars I considered:

-'08/'09 Viper
-'11 Z06
-'09-10 GT-R
-'12 GT500
-'12 Cayman R
-'11 370Z TT
-'11/12 E92 M3

Reason I went with the Z06:

The Viper had a poor warranty and costs about 50% more than a Z06 to work on, doesn't offer cruise control or other creature comforts, and has a small tank and poor mileage (sucks for road-trips), no traction control, and only about 5% better performance when driven by world-class drivers.

The 370Z TT setup would have no warranty or resale and was not as well-rounded a package as the Z06. The interior is nice, though!

The E92 M3 is more of a luxury car with performance, not a performance car with a bit of luxury. Mustang GT's are ringers for it, and I wanted "more" after racing a few Camaro SS's in my WS6 and being dead even with them and seeing how the mags got the same #'s out of the SS as the new GT. I viewed the M3 as a step up from my WS6 in luxury/handling only. I wanted a bump in speed, too.

The Cayman R. Tons of pricey options, not much faster than a stock 370Z if you get over the PDK or go from a roll.

GT500. Didn't like the driving position, the SRA, or the shifter and the reports of grinding transmissions left and right.

GT-R. If I were to buy one, it would have to be new after reviewing all the grief the transmission. What did it for me was the long-term test car that one of the magazines had where they said "It does great, there is a little hitch in the transmission, but nothing to worry about" something like that. Yeah, I knew I'd worry. Also, Nissan doesn't discount them enough to put it in my budget of trying to stay under $75K total TTL/Warranty, etc.

The Z06. Interior was comfortable and of good quality but looked a bit dated. The rest of the car was superb, as was price/warranty, etc.

I went with the one I could afford that wouldn't wrap me around a tree for looking at it wrong that would still stomp 99% of the cars out there and look good doing it and have all kinds of warranty backing it up.

Anyway, I put a ton of research into each car on my list and that's what I came up with. Maybe that will help OP in some way.